{"id":125121,"date":"2024-12-18T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T19:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=125121"},"modified":"2024-12-18T13:01:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T19:01:04","slug":"top-albums-ov-2024-w-sean-ghoulson-megachiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/top-albums-ov-2024-w-sean-ghoulson-megachiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Albums ov 2024 w\/ Sean Ghoulson & Megachiles!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When you reach into your pocket to get your wallet, you hear a soft groan. “Not like this…not like this” croaks your credit card as you prepare to buy yet another banger<\/em> release covered on LISTMANIA 2K24 DAY 3<\/strong>. “Curse you unto the end, Sean Ghoulson<\/strong> and Megachiles,\u00a0<\/strong>for you’ve drained me of nigh all my lifeforce.” Good night, sweet prince: \/ And flights of angels flush thee to thy rest.<\/em><\/p>\n

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As another year winds down, the general populous braces for another year of awesome collective trauma and corporate bullshit. A bright spot in an otherwise stressful-ass year, 2024 was awe-inspiring in regards to music. Countless releases from artists new and old have struck gold in the album format, from Judas Priest<\/strong> to Femtanyl <\/strong>to fucking LL Cool J<\/strong>. Even musicians who have otherwise been hard to appreciate have completely outdone themselves (if you told me in January that Halsey<\/strong> and Yeat<\/strong> would be making my top 50 for the year, I would have thought you were crazy and asked you politely how you got into my home). This has resulted in a year where the top 10 was about as competitive as it ever could be. If you don’t see your favorite releases on this list, know it’s probably due to how competitive this year was\u2014I might have missed them altogether. (It’s also entirely possible that your favs are shit and you should feel bad.)<\/p>\n

So, without further to do, this is Sean Ghoulson’s top 10 albums of 2024\u2014giving props to the bands and artists that kept me from losing my mind and gnawing off my fingers.<\/p>\n

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\"https:\/\/f4.bcbits.com\/img\/a0330688563_10.jpg\"10.<\/strong> Mayhemic<\/strong> – Toba
\n<\/em>Sepulchral Voice Records | TTT Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Style pioneers like Sarc\u00f3fago<\/strong>, Sabbat <\/strong>(JPN), and Vulcano<\/strong> took the idea of “black-thrash” about as far as you could take it decades ago. As such, any band looking to play this type of metal needs either to find a fresh angle to approach it from or perfect their sound to the point of coming close to those previously mentioned titans. The Chilean metalheads that make up Mayhemic are definitely closer to the latter than the former. As with any thrash act with more extreme inclinations, Mayhemic sounds a lot like Slayer<\/strong> (specifically Show No Mercy<\/em>), while also resembling contemporary Chilean thrash peers like Demoniac<\/strong> and Hellish<\/strong>. Mayhemic’s debut full-length, titled Toba<\/em>, shows that they are a bestial grouping, with enough bile-spewing swagger and tight, vicious thrashing akin to Hellhammer<\/strong>. Songs like “Kollarbone Crushed Neanderthal” and “Hazardous Prowler” showcase a standout act carrying the blasphemous torch of speed and violence.<\/p>\n